IPod classic 80GByte (latest gen.): strange cover flow & invisible artists

Hello.
I recognized strange behaviuor on my iPod classic:
1. cover flow: Behind an album named the greatest hits (the correct cover is shown) I can find titles from various artists from their greatest hits album. But when I look up the special album I see only the correct artist.
2. List of artist/search for artists: SOme (at least one) artists seem to be hidden, i.e. I cannot find them in the artists' list or search for them.
On my Mac in iTunes everything works fine - so this does not seem to be the reason.
I already tried a reset with no effect.
What can I do?
regards
bruegge

The Greatest Hits behaviour is a bug/feature of current firmware. All tracks with the same album title are treated as one album. Workaround is to rename to give each album a unique name, e.g. *Greatest Hits, Artist 1*.
Most likely explanation for missing artist is that the tracks of the album are marked as Compilation. The *Sort Artist* value might also have an impact on whether the artist appears where you expect it to.
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